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Definition of Smattered
1. smatter [v] - See also: smatter
Lexicographical Neighbors of Smattered
Literary usage of Smattered
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. Messiah Pulpit by Minot Judson Savage, Church of the Messiah (New York, N.Y.), Harry Houdini Collection (Library of Congress) (1901)
"If you have not time to be well read, at least, in regard to this matter of
general information, it is important that you be well smattered. ..."
2. The Atlantic Monthly by Making of America Project (1867)
"... as Miss Gail Hamilton very judiciously wished herself, "well- smattered " ;
for the young people, while becoming more and more interested in their own ..."
3. The Living Age by Making of America Project, Eliakim Littell, Robert S. Littell (1907)
"To those desirous of attaining Gail Hamilton's ideal state of being well smattered
they will be precious indeed, for each one is illuminating in its own ..."
4. The Bookman (1910)
"It was rather a well- deserved thrust at those who smattered Greek and Latin
without really knowing them and without knowing anything about the literatures ..."
5. The Life and Theatrical Times of Charles Kean, F.S.A. by Fanny Kemble, Kate Field, John William Cole (1859)
"... and those who have not smattered so far, may, if they please, illustrate the
omission to which we here immediately allude, by imagining a Lord Mayor's ..."
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